CHARGE AND DISCHARGE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

Abstract

 A charge and discharge control method and apparatus for a terminal, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and an electronic apparatus are disclosed. The method may include: determining temperature parameters of at least one battery in the terminal, where the temperature parameters comprise at least one of a cumulative time TS for which the temperature of the at least one battery is greater than a first preset value, and a continuous time TN for which the temperature of the at least one battery is greater than a second preset value (S202); and performing charge and discharge control on the at least one battery in the terminal according to the temperature parameters (S204).

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

[0001] The present application is based on Chinese Patent Application No. 201811280924.6, filed on Oct. 30, 2018, and claims the priority of the Chinese Patent Application, the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] The present invention relates to the field of communications, in particular to a charge and discharge control method and apparatus for a terminal, a storage medium and an electronic apparatus.

BACKGROUND

[0003] With the development of smart terminals represented by mobile phones, people have greater expectations for the endurance of smart terminals. In a terminal, in addition to a single battery, two batteries or more batteries may be used to increase the endurance of the terminal, and using two batteries or more batteries gradually becomes a trend.

[0004] For a terminal with a single battery, because only the same one battery is used for a long time, the battery may swell and then cause a safety accident. For a terminal with multiple batteries, although the multiple batteries are used in turn, excessive use may cause the batteries to swell and then cause a safety problem. Charging and discharging (where charging refers to charging the batteries in the terminal and discharging refers to supplying power using the batteries in the terminal) of a terminal with two batteries will be described as an example.

[0005] Currently, main strategies for charging and discharging of the terminal with two batteries are as follows:

• preferential charging or discharging is performed using a primary battery of primary and secondary batteries, such that the primary battery may be used more frequently than the secondary battery; and
• preferential charging or discharging is performed according to the power or voltage of the primary and secondary batteries. Specifically, the battery with lower voltage or power is charged preferentially and the battery with higher power or voltage is discharged preferentially.

[0006] Each of the two batteries uses a separate charging chip, and the two batteries are charged or discharged simultaneously.

[0007] However, it should be noted that in charging and discharging strategies of terminals in the related technology, the safety of batteries is not considered emphatically.

[0008] In view of the above-mentioned problem existing in the related technology, no effective schemes have been proposed at present.

SUMMARY

[0009] Embodiments of the present invention provide a charge and discharge control method and apparatus for a terminal, a storage medium and an electronic apparatus, to at least solve the problem existing in the related technology that when a battery in a terminal is used for charging or discharging for a long time, the battery may swell and cause a safety accident.

[0010] An embodiment of the present invention provides a charge and discharge control method for a terminal, including: determining temperature parameters of one or more batteries in the terminal, where the temperature parameters include at least one of a cumulative time TS for which the temperature of the one or more batteries is greater than a first preset value, and a continuous time TN for which the temperature of the one or more batteries is greater than a second preset value; and performing charge and discharge control on the one or more batteries in the terminal according to the temperature parameters.

[0011] Another embodiment of the present invention provides a charge and discharge control apparatus for a terminal, including: a determination module configured to determine temperature parameters of one or more batteries in a terminal, where the temperature parameters include at least one of a cumulative time TS for which the temperature of the one or more batteries is greater than a first preset value, and a continuous time TN for which the temperature of the one or more batteries is greater than a second preset value; and a control module configured to perform charge and discharge control on the one or more batteries in the terminal according to the temperature parameters.

[0012] Another embodiment of the present invention also provides a storage medium storing a computer program, which, when executed, performs the steps in any of the method embodiments described above.

[0013] Another embodiment of the present invention also provides an electronic apparatus including a memory and a processor, where the memory stores a computer program which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform the steps in any of the method embodiments described above.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0014] The accompanying drawings described herein are intended to provide a further understanding of the invention and form part of the present application, and the illustrative embodiments of the invention and the description thereof are intended to explain the invention and do not constitute undue limitations on the invention. In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a hardware structural block diagram of a mobile terminal to which a charge and discharge control method for a terminal is applied according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a charge and discharge control method for a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a first preferred flowchart of a charge and discharge control method for a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a second preferred flowchart of a charge and discharge control method for a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a third preferred flowchart 3 of a charge and discharge control method for a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a structural block diagram of a terminal with two batteries according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is a first basic block diagram showing charging of two batteries according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 8 is second basic block diagram showing charging of two batteries according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing power supply of a terminal with two batteries according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 10 is a flowchart showing charging of a terminal with two batteries according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 11 is a flowchart showing charging of a single battery according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

Fig. 12 is a structural block diagram of a charge and discharge control apparatus for a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0015] The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings and in connection with the embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments of the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other in case there is no conflict therebetween.

[0016] It should be noted that the terms "first", "second" and the like in the description and claims of the present invention and the drawings are used to distinguish similar objects without having to be used to describe a particular order or sequence.

[0017] First of all, it should be noted that when a battery in a terminal is frequently used for charging or discharging at high temperature, a stored cumulative time of high-temperature of the battery may increase continuously, and when the time reaches a critical value specified for the battery, it is easy to cause the battery to swell and then cause a safety accident. Therefore, the following issues need to be considered, for example, how to control charging or discharging of a battery? How to ensure the safe use of the battery? How to charge more efficiently?

[0018] Improvements in some cases are described below in connection with embodiments.

[0019] The methods provided in the embodiments of the present application may be performed in a mobile terminal, a computing terminal, or a similar computing device. With respect to a mobile terminal, FIG. 1 is a hardware block diagram of a mobile terminal to which a terminal charging/discharging control method is applied according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal may include one or more processors 102 (only one is shown in FIG. 1) (the processor 102 may include, but is not limited to, a processing device such as a microprocessor MCU or a programmable logic device FPGA) and a memory 104 for storing data. Optionally, the mobile terminal may also include a transmission device 106 for a communication function and an input/output device 108. Those having ordinary skills in the art shall appreciate that the structure shown in FIG. 1 is merely schematic and does not limit the structure of the mobile terminal. For example, the mobile terminal 10 may also include more or fewer components than those shown in FIG. 1, or have a different configuration than those shown in FIG. 1.

[0020] The memory 104 may be configured to store a computer program, for example, a software program and a module of application software, such as a computer program corresponding to a charging and discharging control method of a terminal in the embodiment of the present invention, and the processor 102 executes various functional applications and data processing by executing the computer program stored in the memory 104, that is, to implement the above-described method. Memory 104 may include high-speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory such as one or more magnetic storage devices, flash memory, or other non-volatile solid-state memory. In some examples, the memory 104 may also include memory remotely disposed relative to the processor 102, which may be connected to the mobile terminal 10 over a network. Examples of the above networks include, but are not limited to, the Internet, an intranet, a local area network, a mobile communication network, and combinations thereof.

[0021] The transmission device 106 is for receiving or transmitting data via a network. The specific example of the network described above may include a wireless network provided by a communication provider of the mobile terminal 10. In one example, the transmission device 106 includes a network adapter (Network Interface Controller, abbreviated as NIC) that can be connected to other network devices via a base station to communicate with the Internet. In one example, the transmission device 106 may be a radio frequency (RF) module for communicating with the Internet in a wireless manner.

[0022] In this embodiment, a charge and discharge control method is provided. Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a charge and discharge control method for a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 2, the flow includes following steps S202 and S204.

[0023] At step S202, temperature parameters of one or more batteries in a terminal are determined, where the temperature parameters include at least one of a cumulative time TS for which the temperature of the battery is greater than a first preset value, and a continuous time TN for which the temperature of the battery is greater than a second preset value.

[0024] At step S204, charge and discharge control is performed on the one or more batteries in the terminal according to the temperature parameters.

[0025] The above steps may be executed by the above mobile terminal (or other terminals). In the embodiment, TS refers to a cumulative total time for which the battery has been in a high-temperature state from leaving the factory until now, and TN refers to a continuous time for which the battery has been in a high-temperature state from leaving the factory until now. In the embodiment, the values of the first preset value and the second preset value may be the same or may be different.

[0026] In this embodiment, the charging or discharging of the terminal is controlled according to the temperature parameters of the battery, that is to say, when using the terminal to charge and discharge, the temperature parameters of the battery are considered comprehensively, so that the battery is prevented from being frequently used for charging or discharging at high temperature, thus solving a problem in the related technology that when the battery in the terminal is used for charging and discharging for a long time, the battery may swell and cause a safety accident. Therefore, the effects of improving battery safety, reducing swelling phenomena, and ensuring the use safety of the terminal are effectively achieved.

[0027] Fig. 3 is a first preferred flowchart of a charge and discharge control method for a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 3, when the temperature parameters include TS, the step S204 includes at least one of following steps S302 and S304:
At step S302, when it is determined that there is no battery in the terminal with TS of the battery being less than or equal to a first cumulative time threshold, an indication that the batteries in the terminal need to be replaced is performed.

[0028] At step S304, when it is determined that there is a battery in the terminal with TS of the battery being less than or equal to the first cumulative time threshold, the battery with TS less than or equal to the first cumulative time threshold is considered as a battery of first type, and a charging or discharging operation is performed using the battery of first type.

[0029] In this embodiment, the first cumulative time threshold may be a threshold for warning against cumulative time of high temperature which may be represented by TSH (if the threshold is exceeded, the battery is prone to swell. The value of the threshold may be fixed, that is, may be set when the battery leaves the factory, for example, may be set to 3 months, 4 months or the like, or may be adjustable, for example, may be adjusted manually, or may be adjusted automatically according to a preset adjustment condition).

[0030] When the battery in the terminal is used for charging or discharging, the charging or discharging of the terminal may be controlled in consideration of the TS value of the battery in the terminal only, that is to say, only according to the TS value of the battery. Of course, in this embodiment, the charging or discharging of the terminal may be controlled in consideration of the TN value of the battery in the terminal only or in combined consideration of the TS value of the battery and other temperature parameters.

[0031] The charging or discharging of the terminal controlled in combined consideration of the TS value and TN value of the battery will be described below.

[0032] Fig. 4 is a second preferred flowchart of a charge and discharge control method for a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 4, when the temperature parameters include TN in addition to TS, step S304 includes a following step.

[0033] At step S402, when it is determined that the battery or batteries of first type include a battery with TN of the battery being less than or equal to a continuous time threshold, the battery with TN less than or equal to the continuous time threshold is considered as a battery of second type, and a charging or discharging operation is performed using the battery of second type.

[0034] In this embodiment, the above continuous time threshold may be a threshold for warning against continuous time of high temperature which may be represented by TNH (the warning value may be set flexibly, for example, may be set to 30 minutes, 15 minutes, 5 minutes, etc.).

[0035] The charging or discharging of the terminal controlled in consideration of the TN value only will be described below.

[0036] Fig. 5 is a third preferred flowchart of a charge and discharge control method for a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 5, when the temperature parameters include TN, step S204 includes a following step.

[0037] At step S502, when it is determined that the one or more batteries in the terminal include one or more batteries with TN less than or equal to the continuous time threshold, the one or more batteries meeting this condition are considered as one or more batteries of second type, and a charging or discharging operation is performed using the one or more batteries of second type.

[0038] In an embodiment, performing a charging or discharging operation using the battery or batteries of second type includes at least one of the following steps: when it is determined that the battery or batteries of second type include a battery with TS less than or equal to a second cumulative time threshold, the battery with TS less than or equal to the second cumulative time threshold is considered as a battery of third type, and a charging or discharging operation is performed using the battery of third type, where the second cumulative time threshold is less than the first cumulative time threshold; and when it is determined that the battery or batteries of second type do not include a battery with TS less than or equal to the second cumulative time threshold, a charging or discharging operation is performed according to a predetermined charging and discharging strategy. In this embodiment, the second cumulative time threshold may be a general threshold of cumulative time of high-temperature, that is, a value less than the threshold for warning against cumulative time of high temperature, which may be represented by TSL (exceeding the general threshold means that the cumulative time of high-temperature of the battery has reached a certain proportion of the threshold for warning. The value of the general threshold may be fixed or flexibly adjusted, and may be taken in proportion to the threshold for warning against cumulative time of high temperature, for example, may be 50% of the threshold for warning against cumulative time of high temperature, or may be 30% of the threshold for warning against cumulative time of high temperature).

[0039] In an embodiment, performing a charging or discharging operation using the battery or batteries of third type includes: when the number of the batteries of third type is at least two, a charging or discharging operation is performed using the batteries of third type according to a predetermined charging and discharging strategy. In this embodiment, the predetermined charging and discharging strategy may be a preset charging and discharging strategy (also called a default charging and discharging strategy, which may be an existing charging and discharging strategy. For example, for a terminal with two batteries, the preset charging and discharging strategy may be that one battery is fixedly charged or discharged first, and after the battery is fully charged or its power is lower than a preset value, the other battery is charged or discharged. Of course, the preset charging and discharging strategy may also be that the two batteries are charged or discharged simultaneously.

[0040] In an embodiment, before performing a discharging operation using the battery or batteries of third type, the method also includes: when it is determined that the battery or batteries of second type further include a battery with TS greater than the second cumulative time threshold, and the power of the battery with TS greater than the second cumulative time threshold exceeds a power threshold, the battery with TS greater than the second cumulative time threshold is discharged to a level equal to the power threshold. This embodiment is mainly directed to a case where a discharging operation is performed using a circuit in the terminal. In this embodiment, if there is a battery of second type with high power (i.e., the power exceeds the power threshold, for example, the power is full), the battery of second type with high power may be preferentially discharged until the power thereof decreases to the aforementioned power threshold.

[0041] In an embodiment, performing a discharging operation using the battery or batteries of second type includes: when it is determined that the batteries of second type include a battery with TS less than or equal to the second cumulative time threshold and a battery with TS greater than the second cumulative time threshold, and the battery with TS greater than the second cumulative time threshold is in a full power state, a discharging operation is performed according to a predetermined discharging strategy, where the second cumulative time threshold is less than the first cumulative time threshold. In this embodiment, the predetermined charging and discharging strategy is also a preset charging and discharging strategy, which is the same as that described in the foregoing embodiment, and will not be repeated here.

[0042] In an embodiment, when it is determined that there is a battery with TS less than or equal to the cumulative time threshold in the terminal, the method also includes: when it is determined that the batteries of first type do not include a battery with TN less than or equal to the continuous time threshold, an indication that the batteries in the terminal are in a long-term overheating state is performed. This embodiment is directed to the case where TN of each of the batteries of first type in the terminal is greater than the continuous time threshold, in this case, a user is indicated that the batteries of first type in the current terminal are in a long-term overheating state, and then the user is reminded that the batteries need to be subjected to heat reduction treatment. In this embodiment, there are various ways to indicate, for example, by generating a specific indicative sound (for example, giving an alarm sound), by voice, or by displaying text.

[0043] In an embodiment, after indicating that the batteries in the terminal are in a long-term overheating state, the method also includes: performing charging or discharging restriction on the batteries in the terminal; and when it is determined that the temperature of the batteries after charging or discharging restriction is reduced below a preset temperature, performing a charging or discharging operation using the batteries subjected to charging or discharging restriction. In this embodiment, there are various ways to perform charging or discharging restriction, for example, charging may be restricted by reducing a charging current, while discharging of the terminal may be restricted by starting a low power consumption mode (for example, reducing the brightness of screen display).

[0044] The present invention will be explained in combination with embodiments below.

[0045] First, a terminal with two batteries is taken as an example. In this embodiment, a structural block diagram of the terminal with two batteries is shown in Fig. 6. Each module in Fig. 6 will be described below.

[0046] The two batteries of the terminal include a power supply battery 1 and a power supply battery 2.

[0047] A TN control module is configured to execute a charge and discharge control strategy according to a stored continuous time of high-temperature TN up to now, including actively switching among batteries after TN exceeds a preset threshold.

[0048] A TS control module is configured to execute a charge and discharge control strategy according to a stored cumulative time of high-temperature TS, including adjusting a charging temperature threshold in several stages, adjusting a maximum charge power, switching to another battery for power supply after full charge of a battery, and the like.

[0049] A dual-battery charge and discharge control module is configured to control the charging of two batteries, switch a power supply battery, and the like.

[0050] A scheme of charging of two batteries will be introduced below. Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 are basic block diagrams showing charging of two batteries.

[0051] Fig. 7 shows a scheme of charging two batteries simultaneously, each of batteries 1 and 2 having a special charging path, while Fig. 8 shows only one charging path, so that only one battery can be charged at one time, and which battery is to be charged is controlled by a charging control unit.

[0052] Charging and discharging processes are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0053] Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing power supply of a terminal with two batteries according to an embodiment of the present invention, including following steps.

[0054] At STEP 1, when a charging device is unplugged, a monitoring process is started regularly (corresponding to 1-2 in Fig. 9).

[0055] At STEP 2, when a value of TS1 reaches TSH1, the battery 1 is prone to swell. At this time, if a value of TS2 does not reach TSH2 and the battery 1 is in a high-temperature state, the battery 1 is switched to the battery 2 for power supply. If the battery 2 is low in power, the battery 1 is used to supply power and a user is indicated that the battery 1 needs to be replaced (corresponding to 3-5 in Fig. 9), and vice versa.

[0056] If both batteries reach the TSH1 and TSH2 values, the user is directly indicated that the batteries need to be replaced (corresponding to 6 in Fig. 9).

[0057] If both batteries do not reach the TSH1 and TSH2 values, go to STEP 3.

[0058] At STEP 3, if a value of TN1 reaches a preset threshold TN1H and a value of TN2 does not reach a preset threshold TN2H, the battery 1 is switched to the battery 2 for power supply (corresponding to 9-11 in Fig. 9). If the battery 2 is low in power, the battery 1 is used to supply power and the user is indicated that the battery is overheated, and vice versa, so as to make the two batteries be used uniformly at high temperature as much as possible.

[0059] If both batteries reach TN1H and TN2H, the user is indicated that the mobile phone is overheated (corresponding to 12 in Fig. 9).

[0060] If both batteries do not reach TN1H and TN2H, the process proceeds to STEP 4.

[0061] At STEP 4, if the value of TS1 exceeds TSL1 and the value of TS2 does not exceed TSL2, and at this time, if the battery 1 is in a full power state, the battery 1 is discharged to a high power threshold (such as 70% of its capacity) (corresponding to 15, 16, 18-19 in Fig. 9). If the battery 1 is low in power, the battery 2 is used to supply power, and vice versa.

[0062] If both batteries reach TSL1 and TSL2, or both batteries do not reach TSL1 and TSL2, a current power supply strategy is maintained (corresponding to 17 in Fig. 9).

[0063] Fig. 10 is a flowchart showing charging of a terminal with two batteries according to an embodiment of the present invention, including following steps.

[0064] At STEP 1, when a charging device is connected to the terminal, a monitoring process is started regularly (corresponding to 1-2 in Fig. 10).

[0065] At STEP 2, when the value of TS1 reaches TSH1, the battery 1 is prone to swell. At this time, if the value of TS2 does not reach TSH2 and the battery 1 is in a high-temperature state (higher than 45°C), the battery 2 is charged and charging of the battery 1 is disabled (corresponding to 3-5 in Fig. 10), and vice versa.

[0066] If both batteries reach the TSH1 and TSH2, the user is directly indicated that the batteries need to be replaced (corresponding to 6 in Fig. 10).

[0067] If both batteries do not reach the TSH1 and TSH2 values (corresponding to 3 and 7 in Fig. 10), the process proceeds to STEP 3.

[0068] At STEP 3, if the value of TN1 reaches a preset threshold TN1H and the value of TN2 does not reach a preset threshold TN2H, the battery 2 is switched to be charged (corresponding to 9-11 in Fig. 10). If the battery 2 is fully charged, a battery maximum temperature in a charging scenario of the battery 1 is limited, and vice versa, so as to make the two batteries be used uniformly at high temperature as much as possible.

[0069] If both batteries reach TN1H and TN2H, the user is indicated that the mobile phone is overheated (corresponding to 12 in Fig. 10).

[0070] If both batteries do not reach TN1H and TN2H (corresponding to 9 and 13 in Fig. 10), the process proceeds to STEP 4; if the value of TN1 does not reach TN1H and the value of TN2 reaches TN2H, the battery 1 is charged preferentially (corresponding to 14 in Fig. 10).

[0071] At STEP 4, if the value of TS1 exceeds TSL1 and the value of TS2 does not exceed TSL2, the battery 2 is charged (corresponding to 15-16 and 18 in Fig. 10). If the battery 2 is fully charged, the battery 1 is then charged, and vice versa (corresponding to 15, 19-20 in Fig. 10).

[0072] If both batteries reach TSL1 and TSL2, or both batteries do not reach TSL1 and TSL2, a current charging strategy is maintained (corresponding to 17 in Fig. 10).

[0073] It can be seen from the above charging and discharging scheme of a terminal with two batteries that the charging and discharging process control of the two batteries is performed according to the battery temperature and the stored cumulative time of high-temperature in an embodiment of the present invention, so that the safety of the batteries can be ensured while completing the charging and discharging operations of the two batteries, and swelling can be avoided.

[0074] The foregoing embodiments are directed to the charging or discharging process of a terminal with two batteries. A charging process of a single battery will be described below.

[0075] Fig. 11 is a flowchart showing charging of a single battery according to an embodiment, including following steps.

[0076] At STEP 1, when a charging device is connected to the terminal, a monitoring process is started regularly (corresponding to 1-2 in Fig. 11).

[0077] At STEP 2, when the value of TS reaches TSH, the battery is prone to swell. An indication that the battery needs to be replaced is performed, the maximum battery temperature during charging is limited to a predetermined temperature (for example, 45°C) and the maximum charging power is limited to a high power threshold (for example, 70% of its capacity) (corresponding to 3-4 in Fig. 11). Otherwise, the process proceeds to STEP 3.

[0078] At STEP 3, if the value of TN reaches a preset threshold TNH, the user is indicated that the battery is overheated, and charging is stopped until the battery temperature is lower than TNH by 3°C, and then charging is resumed (corresponding to 5-8 in Fig. 11).

[0079] With the description of the above embodiments, those having ordinary skills in the art will clearly understand that the method according to the above embodiments may be implemented by software and a necessary general hardware platform, and of course may also be implemented by hardware alone, but in many cases the former is a better implementation. Based on such an understanding, the technical schemes of the present invention essentially or a portion thereof contributing to the existing technology may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium (e.g., ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk), including several instructions for causing a terminal device (which may be a mobile phone, computer, server, or network device, etc.) to perform the methods described in the various embodiments of the present invention.

[0080] In this embodiment, a charging and discharging control apparatus for a terminal is also provided, and the apparatus is used to implement the foregoing embodiments and implementations, and details of which are already described and are not repeated here. As used below, the term "module" may be a combination of software and/or hardware that implements a predetermined function. Although the apparatuses described in the embodiments below are implemented in software, an implementation in hardware or a combination of software and hardware is also possible and contemplated.

[0081] Fig. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a charge and discharge control apparatus for a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 12, the apparatus includes: a determination module 122 configured to determine temperature parameters of one or more batteries in a terminal, where the temperature parameters include at least one of a cumulative time TS for which the temperature of the battery is greater than a first preset value, and a continuous time TN for which the temperature of the battery is greater than a second preset value; and a control module 124 configured to perform charge and discharge control on the one or more batteries in the terminal according to the temperature parameters.

[0082] In an alternative embodiment, when the temperature parameters includes TS, the control module 124 is configured to perform at least one of the following operations: when it is determined that there is no battery with TS less than or equal to a first cumulative time threshold in the terminal, indicating that the battery in the terminal needs to be replaced; and in response to determining that there is a battery with TS less than or equal to the first cumulative time threshold in the terminal, considering the battery with TS less than or equal to the first cumulative time threshold as a battery of first type, and performing a charging or discharging operation using the battery of first type.

[0083] In an alternative embodiment, when the temperature parameters also includes TN, the control module 124 is configured to perform charging and discharging operations using the battery of first type by: when it is determined that the battery or batteries of first type include a battery with TN less than or equal to a continuous time threshold, considering the battery with TN less than or equal to the continuous time threshold as a battery of second type, and performing a charging or discharging operation using the battery of second type.

[0084] In an alternative embodiment, when the temperature parameters includes TN, the control module 124 is configured to perform the following operations: when it is determined that one or more batteries in the terminal include one or more batteries with TN less than or equal to the continuous time threshold, the one or more batteries meeting this condition are determined as one or more batteries of second type, and a charging or discharging operation is performed using the one or more batteries of second type.

[0085] In an alternative embodiment, the control module 124 is configured to perform charging and discharging operations using the battery or batteries of second type in at least one of the following manners: when it is determined that the battery or batteries of second type include a battery with TS less than or equal to a second cumulative time threshold, the battery with TS less than or equal to the second cumulative time threshold is considered to be a battery of third type, and a charging or discharging operation is performed using the battery of third type, where the second cumulative time threshold is less than the first cumulative time threshold; and when it is determined that the battery or batteries of second type do not include a battery with TS less than or equal to the second cumulative time threshold, a charging or discharging operation is performed according to a predetermined charging and discharging strategy.

[0086] In an alternative embodiment, the control module 124 is configured to perform charging and discharging operations using the battery or batteries of third type by: when the number of the batteries of third type is at least two, performing a charging or discharging operation using the batteries of third type according to a predetermined charging and discharging strategy.

[0087] In an alternative embodiment, the control module 124 is configured to perform, before performing charging and discharging operations using the battery or batteries of third type: when it is determined that the battery or batteries of second type further include a battery with TS greater than the second cumulative time threshold, and the power of the battery with TS greater than the second cumulative time threshold exceeds a power threshold, discharging the battery with TS greater than the second cumulative time threshold to a level equal to the power threshold.

[0088] In an alternative embodiment, the control module 124 is configured to perform charging and discharging operations using the battery or batteries of second type by: when it is determined that the batteries of second type include a battery with TS less than or equal to the second cumulative time threshold and a battery with TS greater than the second cumulative time threshold, and the battery with TS greater than the second cumulative time threshold is in a full power state, performing a discharging operatio according to a predetermined discharging strategy, where the second cumulative time threshold is less than the first cumulative time threshold.

[0089] In an alternative embodiment, when it is determined that there is a battery with TS less than or equal to the cumulative time threshold in the terminal, the control module 124 is also configured to, when it is determined that the battery or batteries of first type do not include a battery with TN less than or equal to the continuous time threshold, indicate that the batteries in the terminal are in a long-term overheating state.

[0090] In an alternative embodiment, after indicating that the batteries in the terminal are in a long-term overheating state, the control module 124 is also configured to perform charging or discharging restriction on the batteries in the terminal; and when it is determined that the temperature of the batteries after charging or discharging restriction is reduced below a preset temperature, perform a charging or discharging operation using the batteries subjected to charging or discharging restriction.

[0091] It should be noted that the above modules may be implemented by software or hardware, and the latter may be implemented in the following manner, but is not limited thereto: the above modules locate in a same processor; alternatively, the above modules are respectively located in different processors, in any combination.

[0092] An embodiment of the present invention also provides a storage medium storing a computer program, which, when executed, performs the steps in any of the method embodiments described above.

[0093] In an alternative embodiment, the storage medium includes, but is not limited to, a USB flash drive, a read-only memory (ROM), a random-access memory (RAM), a removable hard disk, a magnetic disk, an optical disc, or any other medium capable of storing a computer program.

[0094] An embodiment of the present invention also provides an electronic apparatus including a memory and a processor, where the memory stores a computer program which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform the steps in any of the method embodiments described above.

[0095] In an alternative embodiment, the electronic apparatus also includes a transmission device connected to the processor and an input/output device connected to the processor.

[0096] Various implementations of this embodiment can be referred to the implementations described above in the foregoing embodiments, which are not described herein again.

[0097] One or more embodiments of the present invention are provided to explain an effect of improving battery safety, reducing failure due to selling, and extending battery life.

[0098] According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, the charging or discharging of the terminal is controlled according to the temperature parameters of the battery, that is to say, when using the terminal to charge and discharge, the temperature parameters of the battery are considered comprehensively, so that the battery is prevented from being frequently used for charging or discharging at high temperature, thus solving a problem in the related technology that when the battery in the terminal is used for charging and discharging for a long time, the battery may swell and cause a safety accident. Therefore, the effects of improving battery safety, reducing swelling phenomena, and ensuring the use safety of the terminal are effectively achieved.

[0099] It will be apparent to those having ordinary skills in the art that the modules or steps of the present invention described above may be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which may be centralized on a single computing device, or distributed over a network of multiple computing devices, and optionally may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device, so that they may be stored in a storage device and executed by the computing device, and in some cases may be implemented by performing the steps shown or described in a sequence different from that herein, or may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or some of them in part may be fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules. Thus, the invention is not limited to any particular combination of hardware and software.

[0100] The foregoing description is merely a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. Various modifications and variations may be made to the present invention by those having ordinary skills in the art. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the principles of the invention shall be within the scope of protection of the invention.

Claims

1. A charge and discharge control method for a terminal, comprising:

determining temperature parameters of one or more batteries in the terminal, wherein the temperature parameters comprise at least one of a cumulative time TS for which the temperature of the one or more batteries is greater than a first preset value, and a continuous time TN for which the temperature of the one or more batteries is greater than a second preset value; and

performing charge and discharge control on the one or more batteries in the terminal according to the temperature parameters.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein when the temperature parameters comprise TS, performing charge and discharge control on the one or more batteries in the terminal according to the temperature parameters comprises at least one of following:

in response to determining that there is no battery with TS less than or equal to a first cumulative time threshold in the terminal, indicating that the one or more batteries in the terminal need to be replaced;

in response to determining that there is a battery with TS less than or equal to the first cumulative time threshold in the terminal, considering one or more batteries meeting conditions as a battery of first type, and performing a charging or discharging operation using the battery of first type.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein when the temperature parameters further comprise TN, performing a charging or discharging operation using the battery of first type comprises:
in response to determining that the battery of first type comprises a battery with TN less than or equal to a continuous time threshold, considering one or more batteries meeting conditions as a battery of second type, and performing a charging or discharging operation using the battery of second type.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein when the temperature parameters comprise TN, performing charge and discharge control on the one or more batteries in the terminal according to the temperature parameters comprises:
in response to determining that the one or more batteries comprise a battery with TN less than or equal to the continuous time threshold, considering one or more batteries meeting conditions as a battery of second type, and performing a charging or discharging operation using the battery of second type.

5. The method of claim 3 or 4, wherein performing a charging or discharging operation using the battery of second type comprises:

in response to determining that the battery of second type comprise a battery with TS less than or equal to a second cumulative time threshold, considering one or more batteries meeting conditions as a battery of third type, and performing a charging or discharging operation using the battery of third type; and

in response to determining that the battery of second type do not comprise a battery with TS less than or equal to the second cumulative time threshold, performing a charging or discharging operation according to a predetermined charging and discharging strategy.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein performing a charging or discharging operation using the battery of third type comprises:
when there are at least two batteries of third type, performing a charging or discharging operation using the batteries of third type according to a predetermined charging and discharging strategy.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein before performing a charging or discharging operation using the battery of third type, the method further comprises:
in response to determining that the battery of second type further comprises a battery with TS greater than the second cumulative time threshold, and the power of the battery with TS greater than the second cumulative time threshold exceeds a power threshold, discharging one or more batteries meeting conditions to the power threshold.

8. The method of claim 3 or 4, wherein performing a discharging operation using the battery of second type comprises:
in response to determining that the battery of second type comprise a battery with TS less than or equal to the second cumulative time threshold and a battery with TS greater than the second cumulative time threshold, and the battery with TS greater than the second cumulative time threshold is fully charged, performing a discharging operation according to a predetermined discharging strategy.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein in response to determining that there is a battery with TS less than or equal to the cumulative time threshold in the terminal, the method further comprises:
in response to determining that the battery of first type do not comprise a battery with TN less than or equal to the continuous time threshold, indicating that the batteries in the terminal are in a long-term overheating state.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein after indicating that the batteries in the terminal are in a long-term overheating state, the method further comprises:

performing charging or discharging restriction on the batteries in the terminal; and

in response to determining that the temperature of the batteries after charging or discharging restriction is reduced below a predetermined temperature, performing a charging or discharging operation using the batteries subjected to charging or discharging restriction.

11. A charge and discharge control apparatus for a terminal, comprising:

a determination module configured to determine temperature parameters of one or more batteries in a terminal, wherein the temperature parameters comprise at least one of a cumulative time TS for which the temperature of the one or more batteries is greater than a first preset value, and a continuous time TN for which the temperature of the one or more batteries is greater than a second preset value; and

a control module configured to perform charge and discharge control on the one or more batteries in the terminal according to the temperature parameters.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the control module is configured to perform at least one of the following operations when the temperature parameters comprise TS:

in response to determining that there is no battery with TS less than or equal to a first cumulative time threshold in the terminal, indicating that the one or more batteries in the terminal need to be replaced; and

in response to determining that there is a battery with TS less than or equal to the first cumulative time threshold in the terminal, considering one or more batteries meeting conditions as a battery of first type, and performing a charging or discharging operation using the battery of first type.

13. A storage medium storing a computer program which, when executed, performs the method of any one of claims 1 to 10.

14. An electronic apparatus comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a computer program which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 10.

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